Awesome news.
BTW - the link to that EV Miata you posted above? Smal world: I've seen that car. Since its EV album entry was done, that same car has been converted into a series hybrid, with a bio-d genset in the trunk.
It's featured in this
book.
Oh, and in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Rba3_S3AobY